Invalid lifter and conveyer.



B. B. GARDNER.

INVALID LIFTER AND CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-12.1917.

Patented May 7 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

'B. B. GARDNER.

' INVALI D LIFT ER AND CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 12, 191?.-

Patented May 7,1918.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 'tlhflE rain area more.

BRUCE B. GARDNER, OF DOLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA.

INVALID LIFTER AND CON VEYER.

Application filed November 12, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUCE B. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Doland, in the county of Spink and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Invalid Lifters and Conveyors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lIHPl'OVGHIGHtS in an invalid lifter and conveyor and has for one of its objects the provision of a device of this character whereby an invalid person can be readily lifted from a given point and conveyed to another point.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a portable structure having means thereon for raising and supporting a person, so that the person can be carried to another point in a reclining position so as not to injure or inconvenience the invalid person.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an invalid lifter and conveyor of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as y will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my i11- vention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an invalid lifter and conveyor constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same illustrating the means of lifting or elevating the invalid person,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the slings for elevating and supporting the invalid person,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of means for simultaneously raising and lowering the slings.

Referring in detail. to the drawings, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

.atented May *7, 19118.

Serial No. 201,670.

numeral 1 indicates a horizontal supporting beam having secured to each end, end supporting structures 2 and 8. The support ing beam 1 is constructed from a pair of channel members *1 having their lateral flanges disposed in the direction of each other and located in close proximity. The ends of the channel members a are bent at right angles to form attaching flanges 5. The attaching flanges 5 are bolted or otherwise secured to rods 6. The lower ends of the rods 6 extend parallel with each other and are connected by brace rods 7 and their opposite ends are curved inwardly and upwardly and secured to the attaching flanges 5. The rods 6 and 7 form the end supporting structures 2 and 3 which have mounted thereon casters 8 so as to provide a portable device or a device which can be rolled from one point to another. The upper ends of the rods 6 have secured thereto braces 9 which are in turn secured to the channel members 1 for the purpose of forming a rigid ,construction between the end structures and the supporting beam 1. The channel members 1 are connected by a plurality of rods or shafts 10 on which are 1ournaled rollers 11 for the purpose of receiving cables 12. The cables 12 also pass over rollers l t journaled upon a shaft 16 secured to one end of the supporting beam 1 and depend downwardly and are secured to a drum 17 carried by a shaft 18. The shaft 18 is ournaled to the end supporting structure 2 and has secured to one end a gear 19 that meshes with a worm 20 carried by a stub shaft 21. The stub shaft 21 is journaled in any suitable manner to one of the rods 6 forming the end supporting structure 2 and has secured to one end. a crank handle 22 for the purpose of rotating the worm which in turn rotates the gear. As the gear 19 rotates the shaft 18 is rotated accordingly causing the cables 12 to wind on or oil the drum 17.

The other ends of the cables 12 that are disposed over the pulleys l1 depend downwardly from the supporting beam 1 at given intervals as clearly illustrated in Fig. l and have secured to their lower ends suitable hooks 23. The cables as they depend downwardly from the supporting beam are arranged in pairs and each have hooks 23 secured thereto. Each pair of the hooks 23 are adapted to be connected by a suitable sling 24: which is passed under the body of the invalid at certain intervals, such as points about the shoulders, waist and the calves of the legs so that the person will be supported me reclining or lying down position. The cables 12 that depend down- Wardly from the supporting beam 1 adjacent the end structure 2 have secured thereon branches 25 that have secured to the free ends thereof a head rest 26. The head rest 26 may be constructed of any desired material and of such width that it will neatly fit under the invalids head and support it in a plane above the body and legs thereof so as to make the invalid comfortable while being in a suspended position upon the device.

In operation, if the invalid is lying upon a bed or the like, the device is placed along side of the bed and the sling 2st passed under the invalid in the manner heretofore described and connected to the hooks as well as the head-rest applied to the invalids head and by turning the shaft 18 by the crank handle, the cables are wound upon the drum 1'? elevating the i1 alid from the bed, whence the device may be rolled to another point and the invalid again lowered upon a bed or' the like by rotating the shaft 18 in an opposite direction.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

An invalid lifter and conveyor comprising a pair of channel members extending parallel in close proximity with each other and having their flanges disposed n the direction of each other, means connecting the channel members, flanges formed on the ends of the channel members, downwardly depending rods secured to said flaiwes bracin rods connecting said rods, and raising and lowering means mounted upon the channel members and one of the pairs of end supporting rods for raising and supporting an invalid person.

In testimony whereof l aliix my signature in presence of two Witnesses-1.

BRUCE B. (LkltDNEll. Witnesses GEO. Gnoss, FRANK MCLAUGi-ILIN.

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